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Scaraboid gem with grazing deer
Greek
Classical Period
425–400 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length x width: 22 x 17 mm (7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number21.1209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 074 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionIntaglio. Very flat scaraboid. Pierced for stringing (horiztonal). Motif oriented horizontally. A deer, facing right, bends head down to graze. Set on a ground line. Many very small scratches on seal surface.
ProvenanceBy 1917: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 74: Formerly in the Boulton collection [part of lot 42 in the sale catalogue], but not bought till 1917.); April 7, 1921: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)